RE: Decimals

Heckfire Tommy, you got it all wrong.  %dec is not used to take a packed 
string like x'40400F' and convert it into a numeric.  By the way, assuming 
that really is numeric the value would be 4040.0 if it is a 5.1 packed 
field.  And, x'40', is almost always a sure bet that you have spaces in a 
numeric field because a space is x'40'.  That is trying to convert space, 
space and whatever the heck a x'0F' is; into a decimal number.

I would load that bad boy into a data structure.  And wrap the first use 
of that numeric field with a Monitor group.  If it is well and truly FUBAR 
then your monitor group can catch it, like if someone stores the word CAT 
in those three characters.

Rob Berendt